Is CVE-2024-29511 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-29511 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-29511?

CVE-2024-29511 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-29511?

CVE-2024-29511 has an EPSS score of 1.14% (63th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-29511?

Upgrade ghostscript on debian 13 to 10.03.0~dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-29511

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1, when Tesseract is used for OCR, has a directory traversal issue that allows arbitrary file reading (and writing of error messages to arbitrary files) via OCRLanguage. For example, exploitation can use debug_file /tmp/out and user_patterns_file /etc/passwd.

CWE-489

How to fix

Remediation Available

ghostscriptDebian

Fixed in:10.03.0~dfsg-1CVE-2024-29511

ghostscriptUbuntu

Fixed in:9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13USN-6897-1

Fixed in:9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9USN-6897-1

Fixed in:10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3USN-6897-1

libgs10Ubuntu

Fixed in:10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3USN-6897-1

libgs9Ubuntu

Fixed in:9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13USN-6897-1

Fixed in:9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9USN-6897-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days

63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

Issue Tracking1

bugs.ghostscript.com

Mailing List1

openwall.com

Other references1

git.ghostscript.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-28.